Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Medical marijuana grow site explodes near Saugatuck
MANLIUS TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — One man was injured and his dog was killed when a huge explosion at a storage unit housing a marijuana grow operation near Saugatuck blew the building apart. The bla...
Dec 04, 2015
"Tree of Love" lit at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Borgess Medical Center has illuminated its “Tree of Love” in an event at the hospital’s campus on Gull Road. The 30th-annual lighting happened Thursday. D...
Dec 04, 2015
Man dead after medical problem causes crash in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Police blame a debilitating medical issue for a crash that killed a native of Battle Creek. He’s been identified as 40-year-old Dung Nguyen. They say he was drivin...
Dec 04, 2015
Nearly 260 marijuana plants seized in Michigan State Police raids in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Michigan State Police and other agencies conducted simultaneous and coordinated raids at nine addresses in the Battle Creek area this week, which turned up a network of ...
Dec 04, 2015
MSP looking for road rage driver who ran a semitrailer into a ditch in Calhoun County
CONVIS TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Michigan State Police are looking for a tractor-trailer driver who forced a fellow semitrailer operator into a ditch in Calhoun County. It happened Tuesday on Interst...
Dec 04, 2015
Kalamazoo Public Schools approve new courses for next fall
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Schools will be adding new courses to their schedules for middle and high school students next fall. They will be collaborating with the Confucius Center a...
Dec 04, 2015
Portage Police seeking couple passing phony bills at local stores
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — Investigators in Portage need your help to identify a man and a woman who were reportedly laundering counterfeit money, turning the phony currency into real cash by using the...
Dec 03, 2015
Gas prices in Kalamazoo spike to an average of $1.89
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — GasBuddy.com says the average price for a gallon of regular in Kalamazoo has jumped 21 cents in the past 24 hours to $1.89. Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst with ...
Dec 03, 2015
Man injured, cited after head-on crash in St. Joseph County
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — A Constantine man had to be cut from his vehicle and rushed to a hospital with minor injuries after crashing head-on into a SUV. St. Joseph County Sheriff’s i...
Dec 03, 2015
Western Michigan University hockey looking to snap losing streak against Minnesota-Duluth
DULUTH, MINN. (WKZO-AM) — Western Michigan hockey is looking to break a five-game losing streak this weekend on the road against No. 17 Minnesota-Duluth. Broncos head coach Andy Murray says the ...
Dec 03, 2015
